272 Pages
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Routledge
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The second in the "Restructuring Rural Areas" series, this work presents an examination of the way in which the rural, and the concept of rurality is being reconstructed within urban regions.; It argues that the rural is not a fixed category but the outcome of political, economic and socio- cultural pressures. These pressures are exacerbated in southeast England - an area dominated by London and... Read more
Class action and the reconstitution of rural space; regional development and rural change; constructing exclusivity; developing places - new villages for old; agriculture and beyond; from production to consumption; mineral developments in a hostile environment; land to waste; industrial development and the limits to growth; conclusion - a reconstituted rurality?
Biography
Jonathan Murdoch, Terry Marsden
